Concept
Authoritarian socialism
Overview
type of socialism
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"If only," they say, "the dictatorship was carried out by the _whole_ class!" It is not easy to understand what actually they imagine when they say this. The dictatorship of the proletariat, in its very essence, signifies the immediate supremacy of the revolutionary vanguard, which relies upon the heavy masses, and, where necessary, obliges the backward tail to dress by the head. This refers also to the trade…
Leon Trotsky, Dictatorship vs. Democracy
Close in meaning to Authoritarian socialism; the term itself is not named.
Bernstein, a German Socialist who lived long in England, inaugurated the ``Revisionist'' movement which at last conquered the bulk of the party. His criticisms of Marxian orthodoxy are set forth in his ``Evolutionary Socialism.''[9] Bernstein's work, as is common in Broad Church writers, consists largely in showing that the Founders did not hold their doctrines so rigidly as their followers have done. There is much…
Bertrand Russell, Proposed Roads to Freedom
Close in meaning to Authoritarian socialism; the term itself is not named.
The organization of the advanced Communist party in Germany was of this kind. In accordance with the principles of the "Manifesto"[11] (published in 1848), and with those explained in the series of articles on "Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany," published in the _New York Daily Tribune_, this party never imagined itself capable of producing, at any time and at its pleasure, that revolution which was to…
Friedrich Engels, Revolution and Counter-Revolution
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Opposing perspectives
- Socialism
- Worker cooperative
- Elitism
- Collective ownership
- Syndicalism
- Socialist state
- Planned economy
- Administration (government)
Place in the tradition
Part of Communism.